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• Young people risking lives 'tombstoning' - police issue urgent warning

  25-06-2020 20:15 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YOUNG people are risking their lives in the hot weather by leaping from bridges and into water-filled quarries, police warned today.
  
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• Plea to people to stop urinating in Tower Gardens and King's Staith

  25-06-2020 19:21 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  PEOPLE have been urinating in York city centre - councillors have warned.
  
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• Welcome to Yorkshire: Options remain open after crunch talks

  25-06-2020 18:59 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  CRUNCH talks have been held about the future of Welcome to Yorkshire today - with options still 'on the table'.
  
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• Thousands of pounds lost to scammer posing as policeman

  25-06-2020 17:23 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A WARNING has gone out after reports of a telephone scammer who has conned victims out of thousands of pounds by posing as a police officer.
  
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• York city walls to reopen on July 4

  25-06-2020 17:22 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK'S city walls are to reopen on July 4 - with a clockwise one-way system.
  
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• York bus firm increases services from this weekend

  25-06-2020 17:02 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YORK bus firm is starting to put on more buses from this weekend.
  
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• Nitrous oxide warning issued after canisters found

  25-06-2020 16:56 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  PARENTS and young people are being warned about the dangers of inhaling nitrous oxide after an increasing number of empty canisters were found by police on patrol.
  
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• No further York trust coronavirus deaths for fifth day running

  25-06-2020 16:17 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has gone a fifth day without a coronavirus-related death.
  
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• Terminator fan Stevie Ze Suicide stunned by gift from Arnie

  25-06-2020 15:56 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK punk rocker Stevie Ze Suicide was stunned after receiving a special box set of Terminator DVDs - signed by Arnold Schwarzenegger himself.
  
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• Police out in force after reports of people pooing in public

  25-06-2020 15:20 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE in North Yorkshire are carrying out patrols to tackle anti-social behaviour today as large numbers of people turn out to enjoy the sun.
  
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• Duncan Bannatyne makes plea to MP over York gym reopening

  25-06-2020 15:14 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YORK MP says he’s happy to lobby ministers to try and get gyms back open as soon as possible.
  
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• Dispersal order in Ilkley following riverside fight

  25-06-2020 14:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Large crowds visited Ilkley and the Stray in Harrogate on Wednesday.
  
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• Pilot whose glider crashed set for operation today

  25-06-2020 13:53 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A PILOT whose glider crashed in a North Yorkshire field was set to undergo surgery today on a broken leg.
  
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• Long tailed tit is a hit with judges

  25-06-2020 13:44 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  A BUDDING North Yorkshire photographer, Dr Roger Litton, has won a national Wild Bird photography competition organised by retailer Wilko.
  
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• Extinction Rebellion campaigners in York call for a better post-Covid UK

  25-06-2020 13:34 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  CAMPAIGNERS set up socially distanced installations in a York park - calling for a coronavirus recovery plan that prioritises people and the planet.
  
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• Passenger walked across tracks at York station

  25-06-2020 12:21 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A RAIL passenger who walked across the live railway lines at York Railway Station has been given a suspended prison sentence.
  
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• Persimmon names National Express boss Dean Finch as new CEO

  25-06-2020 12:15 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A LEADING transport figure is taking the reigns at York-based Persimmon Plc.
  
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• Woman left hanging by seat belt after crash helped by man

  25-06-2020 11:29 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE children of a woman who was trapped when her car overturned on a York roundabout say they want to thank a mystery man who climbed in to the vehicle and supported her.
  
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• Vegan cafes help York become 'healthiest high street' in UK

  25-06-2020 11:23 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  YORK is home to the healthiest high street in the UK.
  
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• More than £350,000 donated to North Yorkshire Moors Railway

  25-06-2020 11:19 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  MORE than £350,000 has been donated to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, helping to secure its future and keep it on track after the lockdown.
  
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• Dads dance with their daughters

  25-06-2020 11:01 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A GROUP of dads took part in a one-off dance class with their daughters last weekend, as part of a local dance school.
  
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• Pheasant hatchlings killed in shed fire

  25-06-2020 10:59 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A LARGE number of pheasant hatchlings were killed when their shed caught fire early today.
  
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• Brewery ready to supply pubs

  25-06-2020 10:51 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A BREWERY in North Yorkshire has started up production to supply the pubs once they re-open after July 4.
  
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• LETTER: 'Don't be a tosser' campaign is not funny

  25-06-2020 10:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  IS the City of York Council trying to encourage every mindless lout with a spray-can into the city ( The Press, June 24)?
  
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• John Lewis at Vangarde in York reopens again today

  25-06-2020 09:47 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A YORK department store reopens today (June 25).
  
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• 'It's gone bonkers' - crashes, drug driving, disorder, 120mph speeding

  25-06-2020 09:25 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  POLICE have dealt with a night of crashes, drug driving, speeding and drunken disorder across North Yorkshire.
  
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• LETTER: Take your lockdown litter home!

  25-06-2020 08:21 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  I WOULD like to pay tribute to the many volunteers living around green areas of the city including the Little Knavesmire, Millennium Bridge and Nun Ings in my own ward.
  
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• York Museum Gardens reopens to the public today

  25-06-2020 08:13 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A PARK in the heart of York is set to reopen to the public today (June 25).
  
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• LETTER: Social distancing should be reduced

  25-06-2020 07:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  I AGREE that social distancing should be reduced.
  
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• Bearded Villains fundraise for ward

  25-06-2020 06:03 via thenorthernecho.co.uk
  
  A GANG of bearded 'Villains' have delivered a welcome boost to a hospital ward.
  
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• York motorist who drove on pavement to avoid police is jailed

  25-06-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A banned driver who drove on the pavement to escape police during a lockdown journey has been jailed.
  
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• Special bus honours York's frontline heroes

  25-06-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  KEY workers have been honoured - with their pictures plastered across a special Coastliner bus.
  
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• No outbreaks linked to York schools - but university calls for swift testing

  25-06-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THERE have been no coronavirus outbreaks linked to schools.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn 'sorry' for missing York rally - but Covid 'vindicates' policies

  25-06-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  THE coronavirus crisis is a "vindication" of the policies the Labour party put forward during the general election campaign - Jeremy Corbyn has told a York virtual event.
  
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• Business helping to keep the supply chain going

  25-06-2020 06:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  A BUILDING merchants has helped local businesses and home-improvers with its “one-stop shop” of essential supplies during the lockdown period.
  
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• ‘We won’t say where residents died’ - council criticised over care home policy

  25-06-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  CITY of York Council has come under fire after refusing to reveal which care homes in York have been stricken by coronavirus outbreaks.
  
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• Revealed: Half of York's coronavirus deaths have been in care homes

  25-06-2020 05:00 via yorkpress.co.uk
  
  NEARLY half of the people who have died from coronavirus in York were living in care homes.
  
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